On Wed, 2007.12.05 10:14, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 07:51:30PM -0600, Owen Heisler wrote:
> > I don't know whether the hardware errors are related, but I'm beginning to not
> > trust the PCDoctor software included on the ThinkPad Rescue & Recovery media.
> > It doesn't include any more information than what is in this message (unless
> > I'm missing something). Linux isn't complaining about any hardware and
> > everything seems to work.
>
> I know that some IBMs come with nice software for user's to run, but
> usually there's a bios-based advanced diagnostics. If you get the
> service manual from IBM's website, you'll probably find the magic
> keystrokes (try holding down F1 while you power on) to get into the
> advanced diagnostics. If there is a hardware fault, it will give you
> an FRU number which you then look up in the service manual and it tells
> you what it is and what to do. Its usally quite detailed.
I've been through the BIOS, but there are no diagnostics available there.